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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to speak",
"roman": "hanasu",
"ruby": [
[
"話",
"はな"
]
],
"word": "話す"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "a telephone",
"roman": "denwa",
"ruby": [
[
"電",
"でん"
],
[
"話",
"わ"
]
],
"word": "電話"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to hang up",
"roman": "denwa o kiru",
"ruby": [
[
"電",
"でん"
],
[
"話",
"わ"
],
[
"切",
"き"
]
],
"word": "電話を切る"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "character",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "54 46 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Grade 2 kanji",
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},
{
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
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"glosses": [
"talk, conversation"
],
"id": "en-話-ja-character-mW8rgCzg",
"links": [
[
"talk",
"talk"
],
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
]
],
"tags": [
"grade-2-kanji",
"kanji"
]
},
{
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"_dis": "54 46 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Grade 2 kanji",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"tale, story"
],
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"tale",
"tale"
],
[
"story",
"story"
]
],
"tags": [
"grade-2-kanji",
"kanji"
]
}
],
"word": "話"
}
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"2": "ojp",
"3": "-"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "jpx-pro",
"3": "*panas-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Japonic *panas-",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *panas-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "話",
"ruby": [
[
"話",
"はなし"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "hanashi",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "話(はなし) • (hanashi)",
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}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 1 4 8 31 8 6 1 12 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ja",
"name": "Talking",
"orig": "ja:Talking",
"parents": [
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Human",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What are you guys talking about?",
"roman": "Nan no hanashi o shiteru no?",
"ruby": [
[
"何",
"なん"
],
[
"話",
"はなし"
]
],
"text": "何の話をしてるの？"
}
],
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"talking; speaking; speech; conversation"
],
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"talk",
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],
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],
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"speech",
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"conversation",
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]
]
},
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{
"english": "The Story of the Zashiki-bokko",
"roman": "“Zashiki-bokko no Hanashi”",
"ruby": [
[
"童",
"ぼっ"
],
[
"子",
"こ"
]
],
"text": "「ざしき童子のはなし」"
}
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"story; tale; narrative"
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"tale",
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"narrative",
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a topic; a subject; that which is spoken about"
],
"id": "en-話-ja-noun-eyUyewep",
"links": [
[
"topic",
"topic"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"rumors; rumours"
],
"id": "en-話-ja-noun-sQiCxYL-",
"links": [
[
"rumor",
"rumor"
],
[
"rumour",
"rumour"
]
]
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"negotiation; consultation; discussion"
],
"id": "en-話-ja-noun-vTM5J4-p",
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[
"negotiation",
"negotiation"
],
[
"consultation",
"consultation"
],
[
"discussion",
"discussion"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"lecture; speech"
],
"id": "en-話-ja-noun-W2YKYBBU",
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[
"lecture",
"lecture"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "はなし"
},
{
"ipa": "[ha̠na̠ɕi]"
}
],
"word": "話"
}
{
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{
"form": "話",
"ruby": [
[
"話",
"わ"
]
],
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"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "-wa",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"2": "わ"
},
"expansion": "話(わ) • (-wa)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
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"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "counter",
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{
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{
"_dis": "5 6 32 29 5 5 4 6 1 6",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Counter for stories."
],
"id": "en-話-ja-counter-o3JOouh2"
},
{
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{
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{
"_dis": "10 2 13 35 8 5 4 2 16 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "7 3 14 36 7 5 5 3 17 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 5 12 27 8 7 7 5 14 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 3 12 31 6 5 4 3 15 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "episode 1",
"roman": "daīchiwa",
"ruby": [
[
"第",
"だい"
],
[
"１",
"いち"
],
[
"話",
"わ"
]
],
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}
],
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"Counter for episodes of TV shows."
],
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}
],
"word": "話"
}
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"Japanese Han characters",
"Japanese counters",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese kanji with goon reading え",
"Japanese kanji with kan'on reading か",
"Japanese kanji with kan'on reading かい",
"Japanese kanji with kan'yōon reading わ",
"Japanese kanji with kun reading はな-す",
"Japanese kanji with kun reading はなし",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese single-kanji terms",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 話",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
"ja:Talking",
"rys:Talking"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to speak",
"roman": "hanasu",
"ruby": [
[
"話",
"はな"
]
],
"word": "話す"
},
{
"english": "a telephone",
"roman": "denwa",
"ruby": [
[
"電",
"でん"
],
[
"話",
"わ"
]
],
"word": "電話"
},
{
"english": "to hang up",
"roman": "denwa o kiru",
"ruby": [
[
"電",
"でん"
],
[
"話",
"わ"
],
[
"切",
"き"
]
],
"word": "電話を切る"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "character",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"talk, conversation"
],
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[
"talk",
"talk"
],
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
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"grade-2-kanji",
"kanji"
]
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{
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"tale, story"
],
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"tale",
"tale"
],
[
"story",
"story"
]
],
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"grade-2-kanji",
"kanji"
]
}
],
"word": "話"
}
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese single-kanji terms",
"Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 話",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
"ja:Talking",
"rys:Talking"
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"forms": [
{
"form": "話",
"ruby": [
[
"話",
"はなし"
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],
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]
},
{
"form": "hanashi",
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}
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"expansion": "話(はなし) • (hanashi)",
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{
"english": "What are you guys talking about?",
"roman": "Nan no hanashi o shiteru no?",
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[
"何",
"なん"
],
[
"話",
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],
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"glosses": [
"talking; speaking; speech; conversation"
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"talk",
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"speech",
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[
"童",
"ぼっ"
],
[
"子",
"こ"
]
],
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}
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"story; tale; narrative"
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],
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"tale",
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"a topic; a subject; that which is spoken about"
],
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[
"topic",
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],
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"subject",
"subject"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"rumors; rumours"
],
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[
"rumor",
"rumor"
],
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"rumour",
"rumour"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"negotiation; consultation; discussion"
],
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[
"negotiation",
"negotiation"
],
[
"consultation",
"consultation"
],
[
"discussion",
"discussion"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"lecture; speech"
],
"links": [
[
"lecture",
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],
[
"speech",
"speech"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"other": "はなし"
},
{
"ipa": "[ha̠na̠ɕi]"
}
],
"word": "話"
}
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
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"Japanese terms spelled with 話",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
"ja:Talking",
"rys:Talking"
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"話",
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"１",
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"話",
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}
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"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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"title": "話",
"trace": ""
}
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